PGCon 2017 will be held 25-26 May 2017, in Ottawa. We are now
requesting proposals for presentations. We do not require academic or formal papers. If you wish to submit a formal paper, you are welcome to, but it is not required.

If you are doing something interesting with PostgreSQL, please submit a
proposal. You might be one of the backend hackers or work on a PostgreSQL
related project and want to share your know-how with others. You might be
developing an interesting system using PostgreSQL as the foundation.
Perhaps you migrated from another database to PostgreSQL and would like to
share details. These, and other stories are welcome. Both users and
developers are encouraged to share their experiences.

Here are a few ideas to jump start your proposal process:

novel ways in which PostgreSQL is used

migration of production systems from another database

data warehousing

tuning PostgreSQL for different work loads

replication and clustering

hacking the PostgreSQL code

PostgreSQL derivatives and forks

applications built around PostgreSQL

benchmarking and performance engineering

case studies

location-aware and mapping software with PostGIS

PostgreSQL features in development

research and teaching with PostgreSQL

things the PostgreSQL project could do better

integrating PostgreSQL with 3rd-party software

Both users and developers are encouraged to share their experiences.

The schedule is:

1 Dec 2016

Proposals acceptance begins

19 Jan 2017

Proposals acceptance ends

19 Feb 2017

Authors of accepted proposals contacted

NOTE: the call for lightning talks will go out very close to the conference.
Do not submit lightning talks proposals until then.

Recording of the talks

We have taken video of talks in the past and plan to do so in the future. They are made freely available at no charge.

NOTE: In order for recording to occur, you must not use the computer located within the podium. i.e. use your own laptop, not the venue-supplied computer.

FAQ

We hope the following answers a few frequently asked questions.

If your paper is accepted, you are expected to present your paper in person.

When you make an update at http://papers.pgcon.org/, those changes are not automatically pushed to the website. That is done manually by the organizors. If you have updates to be pushed from papers to www, please email info@pgcon.org.

If you wish to email your tutorial attendees, please send the email to info@pgcon.org, and we will forward it to the attendees.